For your final practical project and for many instances in the future, you will need to make a compareTo() method to compare the values of objects you make. For
example, today you will work with a PlayingCard class, which has two variables associated with it: suit and rank. The compiler has no idea how to sort the
PlayingCard objects, so you will need to tell it how to compare them. You will write two different compareTo() methods that will compare the Cards by suit and rank.
For ease of access, here is the javadoc
There are three methods you will be working on today: compareTo, compareRank, and compareSuit. compareTo will call the other two methods. All of it is completed
except for the if statement. The following website has some good information on the basics of the compareTo() method.
Go through the javadoc and read the specifications for cards. Cards will be ordered first by suit CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, and SPADES. They will then be ordered by
rank 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13.
For compareRank, you will just have to find if the number of a card is lower, higher, or the same as the other card.
For compareSuit, you will have to compare the card's suit against the other card's using the order mentioned above.
compareTo will usually be used like: playingCard1.compareTo(playingCard2). In this case, playingCard1 is the object that calls compareTo. That means we can use
words like this.rank and this.suit. For playingCard2, we will have to call getters. In each method, playingCard2 will be described as rightSidePlayingCard.
Once you have tested your code, click through the link on Canvas, upload your files to Zybooks and click submit for grading.